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mon posted: Mon 2026-03-09 06:22:15 tags: n/a
bed 10:30~11ish with a softly cast cantrip if 1.5 oz : 10mg then .9 oz : 6mg and that's right in the ballpark of what scratches the itch. Usually I let my morning caf gelcap dissolve in my mouth before washing it down and clocking at least 30 minutes delay before taking vitamins. If swallowed whole, 15-30 min is a typical gelcap dissolve time, so 8:50 dose time today meant caf release start was uncertain until 9:20, and then separating caf from vitamin by 30 minutes (to limit absorption interference... (...more)
sun posted: Sun 2026-03-08 05:58:40 tags: n/a
despite a goose-chase until 1a AND losing an hour to DST start, up at 7ish 2:30~3pm on a Sunday the 3 Smith machines were in heavy rotation, but I got a demo of proper squat form before I hit the treadmill. 1/2mi at 4.7mph, cooldown, .4? mi at 4.8, cooldown, 30 sec at 9.0mph. chicken and rotini puttanesca Guy and Dolls (1955; Brando, Sinatra) * * * When I encountered Runequest's differentiation of character starting careers by culture level (primitive, barbarian, civilized), I was intri... (...more)
sat posted: Sat 2026-03-07 08:44:18 tags: n/a
turkey sausage egg + chz is at least as satisfying as pork roll egg + chz, prob less salt, certainly less sat.fat Ocean State for condolence card There's a word for a map that visualises the area within a given drive-time from a given location: isochrone maps ! If Charlotte area is the new prime target, then - what suburbs are least affected by PFAS pollution? - what's within the isochrone map of not-a-miserable-commute range? For that matter, what commute time makes an otherwise... (...more)
fri posted: Fri 2026-03-06 07:27:50 tags: n/a
Turned off the streaming and settled down for sleep ~11, woke with 6:30 alarm. I was already a little stiff in the legs and glutes when I hit the gym yesterday morning, and feeling it all the more throughout the day and into today. Not severely taxed or injured, just that good kind of sore that says you're getting stronger. -But also of course a signal to back off and recover maybe an extra day. So, no sooner than Sunday. 200mg caf ~8? shower, fresh clothes, vitamin+oo, soy protein cocoa 29g let t... (...more)
technoblues posted: Fri 2026-03-06 07:20:24 tags: n/a
I'm pretty discouraged with the state of search engines other than the alphabet-oligarch one. - LLM-powered digest responses to natural-language queries are the "killer app" of the mid-2020s - DuckDuckGo's index is less complete, and its LLM digests much more frequently just incorrect - Startpage is powered by the oligarch search index but lacks the killer LLM-digest feature - The Lumo LLM blends a powerful index with superior relationship privacy; BUT not transparent about sources The oligarc... (...more)